I always thought that this series (which has a long way to go) would be a very good gauge of where Australian cricket is at right now. Obviously regaining the Ashes is a feat, but it was hard to tell whether the comprehensiveness of the series win was more to do with Australia being awesome, or England being abysmal, or both.
A big concern was how the top order would fare against a quality bowling unit. Are you guys happy with their performance this time round? 397 is a reasonable total (especially when your bowlers have SA on the ropes at stumps on day 2). 2 batsmen obviously performed exceptionally- 4 didn't. Haddin and the tail didn't underwrite the innings as much as they have in the Ashes series. How are you feeling about 397?
